The Last Punisher is a bold, no-holds-barred first-person account of the Iraq War. With wry humor and moving testimony, Kevin Lacz tells the story of his tour in Iraq with SEAL Team Three, the warrior elite of the navy. This legendary unit, known as The Punishers, included Chris Kyle (
American Sniper), Mike Monsoor, Ryan Job, and Marc Lee. These brave men were instrumental in securing the key locations in the pivotal 2006 Battle of Ramadi, told with stunning detail in this book.

4 out of 5 stars

Narrator sounded like the dog from the movie "UP"

By
KINGFHB
on
10-25-16

Outlaw Platoon

Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan

By:
Sean Parnell,
John Bruning

Narrated by:
Ray Porter

Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,318

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,097

Story

5 out of 5 stars
2,099

At 24 years of age, U.S. Army Ranger Sean Parnell was named commander of a forty-man elite infantry platoon - a unit that came to be known as the Outlaws - and was tasked with rooting out Pakistan-based insurgents from a mountain valley along Afghanistan's eastern frontier. Parnell and his men assumed they would be facing a ragtag bunch of civilians, but in May 2006 what started out as a routine patrol through the lower mountains of the Hindu Kush became a brutal ambush.

5 out of 5 stars

Great book...Everyone should listen to this book!!

By
Chris
on
04-09-12

No Way Out

A Story of Valor in the Mountains of Afghanistan

By:
Mitch Weiss,
Kevin Maurer

Narrated by:
Corey M. Snow

Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
182

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
164

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
162

In a remote enemy-held valley in Afghanistan, a Special Forces team planned to scale a steep mountain to surprise and capture a terrorist leader. But before they found the target, the target found them. The team was caught in a deadly ambush that threatened not only their lives but the entire mission. The elite soldiers fought huddled for hours on a small rock ledge as rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine-gun fire rained down on them.

5 out of 5 stars

Good book

By
TRey
on
07-20-17

Way of the Reaper

My Greatest Untold Missions and the Art of Being a Sniper

By:
Nicholas Irving,
Gary Brozek

Narrated by:
Jeff Gurner

Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
906

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
814

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
815

Way of the Reaper is a step-by-step accounting of how a sniper works, through the lens of Irving's 10 most significant kills - none of which have been told before. Each mission is an in-depth look at a new element of eliminating the enemy, from intel to luck, recon to weaponry. Told in a thrilling narrative, this is also a heart-pounding true story of some of the Reaper's boldest missions, including the longest shot of his military career on a human target of over half a mile.

5 out of 5 stars

Listen to this book!

By
JLS
on
08-16-16

Dagger 22

U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan

By:
Michael Golembesky

Narrated by:
Peter Berkrot

Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
426

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
394

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
394

The unforgiving Afghan winter settled upon the 22 men of Marine Special Operations Team 8222, call sign Dagger 22, in the remote and hostile river valley of Bala Murghab, Afghanistan. The Taliban fighters in the region would have liked nothing more than to once again go dormant and rest until the new spring fighting season began. No chance of that - this winter would be different.

4 out of 5 stars

Good Story, but...

By
Donovan Russian
on
10-10-16

Pale Horse

Hunting Terrorists and Commanding Heroes with the 101st Airborne Division

By:
Jimmy Blackmon

Narrated by:
Brian Troxell

Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
278

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
253

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
253

Pale Horse is the remarkable never-before-told true story of an army aviation task force during combat in the Afghan War, told by the commanding officer who was there. Set in the very valleys where the attacks of 9/11 were conceived and where 10 Medals of Honor have been earned since that fateful day the war began, the narrative races from ferocious firefights and bravery in battle to the quiet moments where the courageous men and women of Task Force Pale Horse catch their breath before they take to the skies again.

4 out of 5 stars

Pale Horse

By
Jason
on
04-04-16

The Last Punisher

A SEAL Team Three Sniper's True Account of the Battle of Ramadi

By:
Kevin Lacz,
Ethan E. Rocke,
Lincy Lacz

Narrated by:
Timothy Phillips

Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,600

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
1,436

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,433

The Last Punisher is a bold, no-holds-barred first-person account of the Iraq War. With wry humor and moving testimony, Kevin Lacz tells the story of his tour in Iraq with SEAL Team Three, the warrior elite of the navy. This legendary unit, known as The Punishers, included Chris Kyle (
American Sniper), Mike Monsoor, Ryan Job, and Marc Lee. These brave men were instrumental in securing the key locations in the pivotal 2006 Battle of Ramadi, told with stunning detail in this book.

4 out of 5 stars

Narrator sounded like the dog from the movie "UP"

By
KINGFHB
on
10-25-16

Outlaw Platoon

Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan

By:
Sean Parnell,
John Bruning

Narrated by:
Ray Porter

Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,318

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,097

Story

5 out of 5 stars
2,099

At 24 years of age, U.S. Army Ranger Sean Parnell was named commander of a forty-man elite infantry platoon - a unit that came to be known as the Outlaws - and was tasked with rooting out Pakistan-based insurgents from a mountain valley along Afghanistan's eastern frontier. Parnell and his men assumed they would be facing a ragtag bunch of civilians, but in May 2006 what started out as a routine patrol through the lower mountains of the Hindu Kush became a brutal ambush.

5 out of 5 stars

Great book...Everyone should listen to this book!!

By
Chris
on
04-09-12

No Way Out

A Story of Valor in the Mountains of Afghanistan

By:
Mitch Weiss,
Kevin Maurer

Narrated by:
Corey M. Snow

Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
182

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
164

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
162

In a remote enemy-held valley in Afghanistan, a Special Forces team planned to scale a steep mountain to surprise and capture a terrorist leader. But before they found the target, the target found them. The team was caught in a deadly ambush that threatened not only their lives but the entire mission. The elite soldiers fought huddled for hours on a small rock ledge as rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine-gun fire rained down on them.

5 out of 5 stars

Good book

By
TRey
on
07-20-17

Way of the Reaper

My Greatest Untold Missions and the Art of Being a Sniper

By:
Nicholas Irving,
Gary Brozek

Narrated by:
Jeff Gurner

Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
906

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
814

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
815

Way of the Reaper is a step-by-step accounting of how a sniper works, through the lens of Irving's 10 most significant kills - none of which have been told before. Each mission is an in-depth look at a new element of eliminating the enemy, from intel to luck, recon to weaponry. Told in a thrilling narrative, this is also a heart-pounding true story of some of the Reaper's boldest missions, including the longest shot of his military career on a human target of over half a mile.

5 out of 5 stars

Listen to this book!

By
JLS
on
08-16-16

Dagger 22

U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan

By:
Michael Golembesky

Narrated by:
Peter Berkrot

Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
426

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
394

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
394

The unforgiving Afghan winter settled upon the 22 men of Marine Special Operations Team 8222, call sign Dagger 22, in the remote and hostile river valley of Bala Murghab, Afghanistan. The Taliban fighters in the region would have liked nothing more than to once again go dormant and rest until the new spring fighting season began. No chance of that - this winter would be different.

4 out of 5 stars

Good Story, but...

By
Donovan Russian
on
10-10-16

Pale Horse

Hunting Terrorists and Commanding Heroes with the 101st Airborne Division

By:
Jimmy Blackmon

Narrated by:
Brian Troxell

Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
278

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
253

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
253

Pale Horse is the remarkable never-before-told true story of an army aviation task force during combat in the Afghan War, told by the commanding officer who was there. Set in the very valleys where the attacks of 9/11 were conceived and where 10 Medals of Honor have been earned since that fateful day the war began, the narrative races from ferocious firefights and bravery in battle to the quiet moments where the courageous men and women of Task Force Pale Horse catch their breath before they take to the skies again.

4 out of 5 stars

Pale Horse

By
Jason
on
04-04-16

12 Strong

The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers

By:
Doug Stanton

Narrated by:
Jack Garrett

Length: 16 hrs and 40 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,423

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,300

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,297

12 Strong is the dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who secretly entered Afghanistan following 9/11 and rode to war on horses against the Taliban. Outnumbered 40 to one, they pursued the enemy army across the mountainous Afghanistan terrain and, after a series of intense battles, captured the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. The bone-weary American soldiers were welcomed as liberators as they rode into the city. Then the action took a wholly unexpected turn.

4 out of 5 stars

Great Book! But the narrator...

By
Nate
on
08-31-15

Inside Delta Force

The Story of America’s Elite Counterterrorist Unit

By:
Command Sergeant Major Eric L. Haney

Narrated by:
Robertson Dean

Length: 13 hrs and 1 min

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,689

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,283

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
3,289

Delta Force—the US Army’s most elite top-secret strike force. They dominate the modern battlefield, but you won’t hear about their heroics on CNN. No headlines can reveal their top-secret missions, and no book has ever taken readers inside—until now. Here, a founding member of Delta Force takes us behind the veil of secrecy and into the action to reveal the never-before-told story of First Special Forces Operational Detachment-D (Delta Force).

5 out of 5 stars

Both a How To book and a bit of history

By
Amazon Customer
on
10-30-11

Marine Sniper

93 Confirmed Kills

By:
Charles Henderson

Narrated by:
Kevin Foley

Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,016

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
743

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
746

There have been many Marines. There have been many marksmen. But there has been only one Sergeant Carlos Hathcock, a legend of Marine lore. He stalked the Viet Cong behind enemy lines. His record has never been matched: 93 confirmed kills. This is his story. Powerful, chilling, and all true.

5 out of 5 stars

history at its best

By
sheridan
on
03-27-08

Silent Warrior

The Marine Sniper's Vietnam Story Continues

By:
Charles Henderson

Narrated by:
Corey M. Snow

Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
121

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
114

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
114

In the U.S. Marine Corps, the most dangerous job in combat is that of the sniper. With no backup and little communication with the outside world, these men disappear for weeks on end in the wilderness with nothing but intellect and iron will to protect them - as they watch, wait, and finally strike. But of all of the snipers who ever hunted human prey, one man stands above the rest as the most legendary fighting man to ever pull a trigger. That man is Carlos Hathcock.

5 out of 5 stars

Great Story

By
Phil M.
on
06-11-15

Red Platoon

A True Story of American Valor

By:
Clinton Romesha

Narrated by:
Will Damron,
Clinton Romesha

Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars
913

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
849

Story

5 out of 5 stars
847

In 2009 Clinton Romesha of Red Platoon and the rest of the Black Knight Troop were preparing to shut down Command Outpost Keating, the most remote and inaccessible in a string of bases built by the US military in Nuristan and Kunar in the hope of preventing Taliban insurgents from moving freely back and forth between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Three years after Keating's construction, the army was finally ready to concede what the men on the ground had known immediately: It was simply too isolated and too dangerous to defend.

5 out of 5 stars

Amazing Memoir

By
Daniela
on
05-08-16

House to House

An Epic Memoir of War

By:
Staff Sergeant David Bellavia,
John Bruning

Narrated by:
Ray Porter

Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,126

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
881

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
880

In one of the most compelling combat narratives ever written, Staff Sergeant David Bellavia, an Army infantry platoon leader in Iraq, gives a teeth-rattling, first-hand account of 11 straight days of heavy house-to-house fighting during the climactic second battle of Fallujah. His actions in the firefight, which included killing five insurgents in hand-to-hand combat, earned Bellavia the Bronze Star, the Silver Star, and New York state's highest military honor, the Conspicuous Service Cross.

5 out of 5 stars

As raw as it gets

By
Robert
on
09-24-07

Bounty Hunter 4/3

My Life in Combat from Marine Scout Sniper to MARSOC

By:
Jason Delgado,
Chris Martin

Narrated by:
Peter Berkrot

Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
120

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
107

Story

5 out of 5 stars
108

The fight for Jason Delgado's life and soul began when he was just a boy. He ultimately escaped the death and drugs of a crime-riddled Bronx by way of the US Marine Corps. However, after earning his way into the esteemed ranks of the service's famed Scout Snipers, Delgado saw that old struggle reignited when he was dumped into the hell of war in Iraq. There Delgado proved not only a participant but a warrior capable of turning the tide in several of the most harrowing and historically important battles of the evolving war.

2 out of 5 stars

Story is OK, but narrator is horrible.

By
Steven B.
on
01-30-18

Navy SEAL Shooting

By:
Chris Sajnog

Narrated by:
Chris Abell

Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
106

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
99

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
96

Imagine if you could learn to shoot safely and effectively at home saving you time and money you don't have. Well, now you can!
Navy SEAL Shooting teaches you the groundbreaking training method developed by one of the most respected firearms instructors in the world, retired Navy SEAL Chris Sajnog. With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and 385 illustrations, this book covers everything you need to know to make effective shots in any high-stress situation.

5 out of 5 stars

Great book.!!

By
ECH11B
on
04-22-16

Lions of Kandahar

The Story of a Fight Against All Odds

By:
Major Rusty Bradley,
Kevin Maurer

Narrated by:
Eric G. Dove

Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,700

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,527

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
1,524

Southern Afghanistan was slipping away. That was clear to then-Captain Rusty Bradley as he began his third tour of duty there in 2006. The Taliban and their allies were infiltrating everywhere, poised to reclaim Kandahar Province, their strategically vital onetime capital. To stop them, the NATO coalition launched Operation Medusa, the largest offensive in its history. The battlefield was the Panjwayi Valley, a densely packed warren of walled compounds that doubled neatly as enemy bunkers.

5 out of 5 stars

Kandahar Battle Described As Never Before

By
Pamela Dale Foster
on
11-04-13

Dog Company

A True Story of American Soldiers Abandoned by Their High Command

By:
Roger Hill,
Lynn Vincent

Narrated by:
Christopher Ryan Grant

Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
586

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
548

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
550

The army does not want you to listen to this book. It does not want to advertise its detention system that coddles enemy fighters while putting American soldiers at risk. It does not want to reveal the new lawyered-up Pentagon war ethic that prosecutes US soldiers and marines while setting free spies who kill Americans. This very system ambushed Captain Roger Hill and his men.

5 out of 5 stars

Spot on.

By
penname
on
05-22-17

Roberts Ridge

A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan

By:
Malcolm MacPherson

Narrated by:
Joe Barrett

Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
495

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
380

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
385

For the U.S. Navy's elite team of SEALs, the mission seemed straightforward enough: to take control of a towering, 10,240-foot mountain peak called Takur Ghar, a key post in their plan to smash Taliban al Qaeda in eastern Afghanistan.

5 out of 5 stars

It's an Account.....

By
Jeffery
on
01-27-09

The Red Circle: My Life in the Navy SEAL Sniper Corps and How I Trained America's Deadliest Marksmen

By:
Brandon Webb,
John David Mann

Narrated by:
Jon Bailey

Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,429

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,236

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
2,226

Brandon Webb's experiences in the world's most elite sniper corps are the stuff of legend. From his grueling years of training in Naval Special Operations to his combat tours in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan,
The Red Circle provides a rare and riveting look at the inner workings of the U.S. military through the eyes of a covert operations specialist. Yet it is Webb's distinguished second career as a lead instructor for the shadowy "sniper cell" that makes his story so compelling.

4 out of 5 stars

Excellent story/horrible narrator

By
Lobo11
on
08-20-12

Publisher's Summary

From Afghanistan's Hindu Kush peaks and sunbaked Helmand Valley to Baghdad, Mosul and Ramadi in Iraq, American snipers have braved heart-pounding situations to hit their human targets dead-on. Few military feats stir the imagination like the image of a pair of riflemen waiting quietly in a building, a bomb crater, or a mountain pass for a Taliban or Al Qaeda fighter to walk into their crosshairs. Sniper presents real-life tales from the military's frontline snipers---their hits and their misses, the anguish of loss, and the anxiety of the first kill. Authors Gina Cavallaro and Matt Larsen provide riveting accounts of American soldiers and marines on the battlefield, and take a rare look at how Rangers and Special Forces snipers train and operate, and how the war on terror has changed the role of military snipers.

Possibly the worst narrarators on the site!

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

The narrarator should be fired. The book may have been more acceptable if narrorated by someone with reading skills, a good voice, and tallent.Jo Anna Perrin makes a mockery of the characters by trying to force a manly sounding voice. Sounds like a mother playing monster with her children. It's bad and unprofessional. Ruined the book.

What could Gina Cavallaro and Matt Larsen have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

nothing

Would you be willing to try another one of Jo Anna Perrin and Johnny Heller ’s performances?

Never

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Not Your Usual Sniper Book

If you are looking for a heart pounding, macho book about war and snipers you will not find this book satisfying, and I would suggest among the many others out there, Seal Team Six. This is a smaller take on the subject, and having a woman reporter, a bit more emotional. This embedded reporter discusses the topic in a series of interviews with Snipers in situ in Iraq and Afghanistan and many of the stories seem like a stream of consciousness. I enjoyed the book. As to the narration, I didn't have the same problem as the previous reviewer. It was fine for me, but in terms of audiobooks and narrators, one man's ceiling is another man's floor. The appreciation or lack of it, is in the ear of the listener, so totally subjective.

Great Material, Needs a better Narrator

Where does Sniper rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Great stories, but a slight twist from what Im used to in that it talked more about feelings and emotions. Im more interested in the actual events, tactics, and the experiences; but this book seemed to branch into the "how does that make you feel?" touchy side of being a sniper. Different.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Sniper?

The main takeaway from the book was that it attempted to pull the emotional effects their stories, again, just different

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Absolutely despised the way this book was read. I could go on and on, but the narrator needs to really improve on her performance. For example: 1. The volume changes as you speak into the microphone and then away from the microphone. It is as if the narrator was reading a book in her lap, and looked down at it to read, and then speak back and forth to the microphone. So the volume just went up and down, up and down. Horrible!!!

2. Her voice and inflections on the story didn't match the content. For example, at the end of the sentence her voice went up when she said "...he said." But it sounds like she was about to start the sentence with those words "He said..." Confusing!

3. Please don't ever try to attempt a New England accent; that is a poor attempt. Really, all the accents attempted were just plain horrible

4. Just skip the attempts at a regional accent and just read it plainly next time. It's the content we are after, not making it into some kind of a theatrical play. I would have rather heard the Monty Python's old British ladies reading this book!

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Poor naration and organization

I was disappointed with this title. It's a collection of anecdotes (many of which were interesting), but without any apparent organization. What really stood out, however, was the naration. It was dreadful. I presume that the publisher employed professional voice actors, but they repeatedly butchered every accent they attempted.

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4 out of 5 stars

S(ean)

05-29-12

Everything you wanted to know about being a sniper

Let me begin by saying this is a very interesting book all about sniper missions in the Middle East conflict zones. The book itself wins the 4 stars.

There are two narrators who if they read the book in their normal accents would've made it 5 stars. But the female narrator's regional american accents were poor but I burst into fits of laughter in the car listening to her Irish accent! It was the funniest thing I'd heard in ages.

Overall a good book though.

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Overall

4 out of 5 stars

Barbara

12-23-12

Hopeful, interesting, inspiring

I began this book a few weeks ago. Although it was a book that immediately took my interest I feared for what it may contain.

This is a book that stands being listen to time and again. It is so full of information.

The calm way in which these men and woman go about their job. Their 6th sense and brotherhood is simply a wonder. These people are well above the average.

I like to listen to books that are taken from reality about real men and woman going about their daily lives. Their hopes, fears, dreams, pains and thoughts.

This book has it all. If you want entertainment well this might not be for you. But I would recommend it.